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<DIV>Dear Marilyn, Thank you for your great email about the
celebration. We appreciate it more than you know. I’m trying to
decide whether to send it to Carol, and I just may. We had a wonderful few
days with the Yargers, including a whole morning on the subject of “tom foolery”
when we just laughed and laughed. Such healing that brings to us. We
got home very late last night, and I’m still not completely unpacked, but we
have food, the company has paychecks, etc., etc. so we’re ready for the
weekend. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you so much for coming to the service – it was very kind of you to
come such a long way, and we are so grateful. We took much comfort from
seeing some of our colleagues in the room. It was a glorious
celebration!</DIV>
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<DIV>Much love from both of us. Clare</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=marilyncrocker@juno.com
href="mailto:marilyncrocker@juno.com">Marilyn Crocker</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 10, 2013 9:03 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Oe List ...] In Celebration of the Life of Peter Adams
Whitney6.8.2013</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Dear OE
Colleagues of all generations,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Joe and I
have just returned from attending the glorious celebration of the completed life
of Peter Adams Whitney. The service was held on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at
Burke Mountain Academy in East Burke, VT, longtime home of Peter, his wife
Carol, and daughters Maya and Joleil. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Joining Anna
and Dick Stanley, and of course Ken and Clare Whitney, Joe and I represented the
OE “first generation.” I would like to offer this as an initial
reflection, trusting that members of our “second generation” will have much more
to share with video and digital photos documenting this amazing
event.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We didn’t
know Peter as well as we had, in the past, many of his close OE contemporaries
who were participants in the celebration – Keith Boivin, Nancy Griffin, Brad
Grow, Brenda Johnson, Andy St. Clair, Denise and Rick Stanley and Pete’s bro,
Mark. But yes, we came to know him more recently -- probably lots through
his parents Ken and Clare, dear friends since the early days of the Movement in
New England, who, more recently, often stayed with us in ME en route to their
regular visits to East Burke, VT.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Nevertheless,
I’m guessing all of the 300 or so people gathered at Burke Mountain Academy,
like us, learned much more about this unique and unrepeatable bundle of energy,
love, commitment, passion and care that is Peter Adams Whitney’s continuing gift
to life itself. As affirmed by those who eloquently offered words of
remembrance in the service, Peter’s legacy lives on in the powerful, positive
influence of his life on everyone in attendance. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We learned
Peter’s legacy is one that speaks on behalf of justice and civic responsibility
in the community, especially in support of ethical practices in the public
sector workplace; that advocates for and leads the authentic, creative
engagement of youth in sports, arts, drama; that adamantly insists upon
consistent loving relationships with family and friends; that rejoices in the
beauty of the natural world and urges living gently on planet earth; and that
invites profound enjoyment of LIFE itself, just as it is.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I am
attaching a part of the celebration program – the liturgy Peter Whitney and his
childhood friend Peter Johnston, liturgist for the service, created
together.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">May we all
give thanks for this well-lived life – Alleluia, alleluia,
Amen!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Grace and
peace,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Marilyn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Marilyn R. Crocker,
Ed.D<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">123 Sanborn
Rd<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">West Newfield, ME
04095<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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